Lanzarote

Lanzarote
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Location in the Canary Islands
Lanzarote is located in Spain, Canary Islands
Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Location in Spain
Geography
Coordinates29°02′06″N 13°38′06″W / 29.035°N 13.635°W / 29.035; -13.635
ArchipelagoCanary Islands
Area845.94 km2 (326.62 sq mi)[1]
Coastline191 km (118.7 mi)[1]
Highest elevation671 m (2201 ft)[1]
Highest pointPeñas del Chache
Administration
Spain
Autonomous communityCanary Islands
ProvinceLas Palmas
Capital and largest cityArrecife (pop. 62988)
President of the cabildo insularMaría Dolores Corujo Berriel
Demographics
Demonymlanzaroteño, -ña; conejero, -a (es)
Population154530 (2020)[2]
Pop. density180.0/km2 (466.2/sq mi)
LanguagesSpanish, specifically Canarian Spanish
Ethnic groupsSpanish, Canary Islanders, other minority groups
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)

Lanzarote (UK: /ˌlænzəˈrɒti/,[3][4] Spanish: [lanθaˈɾote] , locally [lansaˈɾote]) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 kilometres (80 miles) off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.94 square kilometres (326.62 square miles), Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 152,289 inhabitants at the start of 2019,[2] it is the third most populous Canary Island, after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park, one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993.[5] The island's capital is Arrecife, which lies on the eastern coastline.[6] It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.

The first recorded name for the island, given by Italian-Majorcan cartographer Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native Guanche language was Tyterogaka or Tytheroygaka, which may mean "one that is all ochre" (referring to the island's predominant colour).[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Estadística del Territorio" [Territory Statistics] (in Spanish). Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference pob_1996-2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Lanzarote". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Lanzarote". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory". UNESCO. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ^ Hernández Luis, José Ángel; Sobral García, Silvia Inmaculada; González Morales, Alejandro (2006). "Planeamiento territorial, desarrollo urbano-turístico y sostenibilidad en Lanzarote". Ciudad y Territorio. Estudios Territoriales. XXXVIII (148). Madrid: Ministerio de Fomento: 315. ISSN 1133-4762.
  7. ^ "Diccionario Ínsuloamaziq-Tyterogaka". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.